Judith Heineman, Storyteller
Phone 773.288.7217 Fax: 773.241.5340
JuHeStories@aol.com
Judith Heineman is a storyteller, producer and teacher, who has been selected as an Illinois Humanities Council "Road Scholar" and an Illinois ArtsTour and Residency Artist. She co-chaired the July 2003 National Storytelling Conference in Chicago, and presented a workshop on Tale Variants at the 2004 National Conference in Bellingham, WA. She is the producer of The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival and Tellabration, the adult Storytelling festival that she brought to Chicago in 1997. Judith has created programs for numerous museums, festivals and schools and has appeared at the Chicago Humanities Festival.
"We would travel far to be in the audience of this wonderful storyteller."
Gloria Needlman, Emeritus Teacher, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Sample Programs
All programs can be adapted to fit audiences from elementary school to seniors
The Magic Carpet: Mesopotamian and Egyptian Myths - the dramatic discovery of some of the world's first stories
Grimm's Grimmest - the darker side of traditional fairy tales
A Garden Variety - nature-based myths, legends and folktales
A Yiddish King Lear - personal family stories and others from the Jewish tradition
A Whirl of Tales - world-wide folktales that honor the wisdom of children and elders
Memory, Myth, Experience and Tradition - an on-your-feet workshop designed to put your own twist on a traditional tale and actively involve an audience
Songs and Stories fromAncient Mesopotamia and Egypt
Join storyteller Judith Heineman and musician Daniel Marcotte to find out how tales like Star Wars and Harry Potter got their start. Learn how the world's first literature was inscribed on clay tablets, discover Gilgamesh, the world's first superhero, and be spellbound by ancient tales of quests, magic, monsters, and more!
Judith and Daniel have performed at the Oriental Institute, the University of Chicago, the Field Museum, the Adler Planetarium, and dozens of schools and libraries throughout Chicago and the suburbs. This duo brings music and stories to life, involving the audience in every tale! Daniel and Judith are an asset to any school, library, or museum at which Ancient Egypt or Mesopotamia are studied. Fun and informative, suspenseful and action-packed, these stories will enliven the spirit, and expand the listeners' awareness of ancient cultures of the Middle East. Replica artifacts, costumes and early musical instruments enhance their program.
A Garden Variety of Songs and Stories
Featuring John Berquist and Judith Heineman
Judith and John offer world tales that interactively engage audiences in song and story. They specialize in nature-based stories for public and private garden events, museums, festivals, libraries, schools and more. They also conduct workshops for educators, students and parents.
Judith and John were among the first pilot teacher/tellers in the Words 37 apprenticeship storytelling program for the City of Chicago public high school students, having worked with bi-lingual students in the Mexican community of Pilsen and on Chicago's south side at South Shore High School.In addition, they tour extensively under a Rothschild Family Foundation grant to senior centers and nursing facilities.
They tour extensively under a Rothschild Family Foundation grant to senior centers and nursing facilities. |
